3ala Bali Feat. Dana El Masri

from The Stories that Tie Us To Trees Vol.1 by Nadine Altounji

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3ala bali (On My Mind) is a song about memories; nostalgia for homelands that have been transformed and, at times, rendered unrecognizable by the ravages of war. These traumatic images of destruction are often the only ones shown in the media. This song manifests a deep longing for that remembered place and time from which culture springs; it shows how memories can be carried in bodies and culture spread throughout the diaspora.

lyrics

كل الأيام
على بالي
مستحيل إن أنسى

وطني البعيد
أرضي الغريبة

على بالي رجعني لجذوري

على بالي
كل طفل و إنسان
على بالي
الحرب والفساد

وطني البعيد
ارضي الغريبة
رجعني لجذوري

وطني الغريب
أرضي الغريبة
رجعني إلى بلادي
رجعني إلى بلادي

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from The Stories that Tie Us To Trees Vol.1, released June 3, 2022
Lyrics & Vocals : Dana El Masri
Musicians: Nadine Altounji, Ali Omar El Farouk, Mark Alan Haynes.
Music written & produced by Nadine Altounji, Mark Alan Haynes
Mixed by Mark Alan Haynes
Mastered by Brad Yost at Outrage Productions & Mark Alan Haynes

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Nadine Altounji Montreal, Québec

Autrice-compositrice-interprète et multi-instrumentiste montréalaise, Nadine est active sur la scène culturelle depuis une vingtaine d’années. Sa discographie comprend deux EP, I Still (2016) parut sous son ancien nom d’artiste Nja et The Stories That Tie Us To Trees – Vol.1 (2022). En 2021. Le nouvel opus Enracinées dans l’histoire – Vol. 2 sortira le 8 Novembre, 2023 ... more